Petroleum Refining CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 29. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Exxon Mobil Corp at 181:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 74:1
- Average pay ratio
- 93:1
- Median CEO pay
- $8.7M
- Companies tracked
- 7
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Petroleum Refining sits at #49 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #25 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (7 FY2025 filers, median 74:1 / $8.7M).
Ranked just above: Engineering & Management Services (79:1). Just below: Insurance Agents (72:1). Inside this SIC, Exxon Mobil Corp currently leads the in-page company list at 181:1.
- Median ratio
- 74:1
- #49 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $8.7M
- #25 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 7
- FY2025 SIC 29
Ratio bands inside Petroleum Refining
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 7 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 29. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Petroleum Refining vs all SIC-2 industries
Petroleum Refining is #49 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (24th percentile). Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 74:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 29
FY2021–2025 cohort medians; changes compare adjacent years and are not inflation-adjusted.
- Latest median ratio
- 74:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -26:1
- from FY2024 100:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +79%
- $8.7M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -2
- 7 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 123:1 | - | $8.7M | - | 7 |
| 2022 | 105:1 | -18:1 | $6.7M | -23% | 9 |
| 2023 | 105:1 | 0:1 | $4.8M | -28% | 9 |
| 2024 | 100:1 | -5:1 | $4.8M | +0.4% | 9 |
| 2025 | 74:1 | -26:1 | $8.7M | +79% | 7 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 29 (Petroleum Refining), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Lower-third median pay ratio
Petroleum Refining in the lower-ratio third
Petroleum Refining sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (74:1; #49 of 63). Petroleum Refining (SIC 29) posts a lower-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 74:1 across 7 FY2025 SEC filers.
Even in the lower-ratio third, the 25th percentile CEO earned $5.3M while the 75th earned $22.9M. When the average (93:1) and median (74:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
10 Petroleum Refining companies below ; each company page sets its filing against this median.
Companies in Petroleum Refining (10 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exxon Mobil Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 34088 | $33.1M | $183K | 181:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Chevron Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 93410 | $26.8M | $153K | 175:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | Valvoline Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1674910 | $4.8M | $41K | 118:1 | 2024 |
| 4 | Marathon Petroleum Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1510295 | $19.0M | $186K | 102:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Quaker Chemical Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 81362 | $3.7M | $50K | 74:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Cvr Energy Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1376139 | $8.7M | $147K | 59:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Delek US Holdings, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1694426 | $130K | $130K | 59:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | PBF Energy Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1534504 | $7.9M | $189K | 42:1 | 2024 |
| 9 | Vertex Energy Inc. Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 890447 | $109K | $109K | 11:1 | 2023 |
| 10 | Calumet, Inc. /DE SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 2013745 | $6.8M | $95K | 4:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 3 of the 10 issuers above have no FY2025 filing on file, so their rows show their newest earlier year (see the FY column). They are ranked here beside FY2025 filers and each carries the marker; the Petroleum Refining benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
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